ʻAlipate Tuʻivanuavou Vaea

Lord ʻAlipate Tuʻivanuavou Vaea
Minister for Agriculture, Food, Forests and Fisheries
Incumbent
Assumed office 4 January 2011
Prime Minister	Lord Tuʻivakanō
Preceded by	Prince Tuʻipelehake Mailefihi
Member of Parliament for Tongatapu
Incumbent
Assumed office 25 November 2010
Personal details
Born	19 September 1957
Political party	none (Nobles' Representative)

ʻAlipate Tuʻivanuavou Vaea (born September 19, 1957^[1]), known as Lord Vaea since June 2009, is a Tongan politician and member of the Tongan nobility.

He has served as Master of the Royal Household and "long-time palace archivist", as well as being Chairman of the Tonga Traditions Committee.^[2]

He was bestowed the title of Lord Vaea upon the death of his father, Siaosi Tuʻihala ʻAlipate Vaea Tupou, the previous Lord Vaea, in June 2009.^[3]

This enabled him to rank among the small number of nobles entitled to elect, and be elected among, the Nobles' Representatives to Parliament. Thus he began his career in national politics when he was elected to Parliament as a Nobles' Representative for Tongatapu in the November 2010 general election. He was then appointed Minister for Agriculture, Food, Forests and Fisheries in the Cabinet of new Prime Minister Lord Tuʻivakanō.^[4]

References

1. ^ Biography on the website of the Parliament of Tonga
2. ^ "New Cabinet lineup: 1 woman, 2 Demo Party members, 2 nobles", Taimi Media Network, December 30, 2010
3. ^ "Tu'ivanuavou appointed to noble title Vaea", Pacific Islands Broadcasting Association, June 17, 2009
4. ^ Biography on the website of the Parliament of Tonga

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Name	Vaea
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Date of birth	19 September 1957
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